X-chock vs. Jack Stabilizers

LarryJM wrote:


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2. While you haven't faced any maintenance issues you have a 2014 basically BRAND NEW TRAILER. Come back in 5 or 10 years and will talk about how well those nuts and scissor jacks and even the stab bars have held up after the exposure to the type of environment I previously described and that was my point.

3. I don't see how you can get any sort of crank on those two rear most stab bars with that bolt head facing the ground like a foot away. It seems one is going to have to lay down physically and get under the trailer with a wrench or something to tighen and loosen those two bolts. If you do it another way then that would be a good hint to share with others since even the JT strong arms with the hand screws still has from my view that access issue.

4. Lastly I have never said or meant to imply that the stab bars don't help only that IMO for the previous reasons I have stated are working on the less important sources of the stability problem and are what I call bandaids in that they are basically fixing an issue that again IMO can be avoided for the most part to begin with and that is what type of jacks are being used and where they are generally located.



Larry

This isn't my first TT. My last one was bought new in 1990. I gave it away in September and bought this one. I believe I learned a thing or two with my last camper. As I mentioned before, but you apparently didn't read, I still have the aluminum screw jacks that came with my old TT.
You don't see how I can reach the lock nut on the strong arms without laying on the ground, which reveals a fundamental difference between us. I have, and have used, the screw jacks, and based on my experience, have opted for the permanently installed jacks with strong arms which, BTW, are no more than 6 inches in from the edges of the camper. The rods of the arms rotate freely and easily.
Perhaps you should come back in a few years when you have tried something new and can speak from actual experience.